Apt-Mirror is a small tool that provides the ability to mirror any parts (or even all) of a Debian GNU/Linux distribution or any other apt source.

Here are some key features of "Apt Mirror":

· It takes config similar to apt's "sources.list"· It is fully pool comply· It supports multithreaded downloading· It supports multiple architectures at the same time· It can automatically remove unnecessary files· It successfully works on overloaded internet channel· It never makes inconsistent mirror including while mirroring· It works on all POSIX complied systems with perl and wget

Installation

Debian users may just add to 'sources.list' line deb http://apt-mirror.sourceforge.net/ apt-mirror/ and execute:

# apt-get update# apt-get install apt-mirror

Rest users need to download sources and install it by hand: download apt-mirror_xxx.tar.gz extract it and put apt-mirror script to /usr/local/bin or somewhere similar put mirror.list config file to /etc/apt/ (or any other place such as /usr/local/etc, but in this case do not forget to always specify full path to it in command line)

What's New in This Release:

· This release supports the following new architectures: amd64, hurd-i386, and sh.· New configuration options were added.· The default architecture identification on non-Debian systems was fixed.